External Research Profile
Degrees Held
- BA
- BA(Hons)
- MSoc Sci (UCT)
- PhD (Natal)
Profile
Sarojini Nadar graduated with a BA degree from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1996. Her majors were in English Literature and Religious Studies. She obtained a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in 1997 and her Masters of Arts in 2000 in the area of Biblical Literature, also at UCT. She obtained her PhD in 2003 at the age of 27 from the erstwhile University of Natal (now UKZN). While she was still undertaking her PhD, she was the coordinator of the International Network in Advanced Theological Education (INATE) from 2002-2005. The network was based in 8 countries and spanned five continents. In 2008, she was appointed to a permanent position as the Director of the Gender and Religion programme which she co-founded. She returned to this position in 2014 after a two-year tenure as the Dean of Research in the College of Humanities in 2012 and 2013. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 2011 and Full Professor in 2014.
- Research Fellow at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (2014)
- National Commendation Award for Teaching Excellence in the Category of Leader in the Field of Learning and Teaching from HELTASA [Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa] (2014)
- Winner of the 2013 UKZN Distinguished Teachers Award for Outstanding Teaching
- Overall Winner of the National Department of Science and Technology Distinguished Young Woman in Science Award: Human and Social Sciences in (2012); https://www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/_asset/file/women-in-science.pdf
- C-Rated by the National Research Foundation (2011)
- UKZN’s Research Award for the Top Published Woman Researcher (2009)
- Being chosen and featured by the Mail and Guardian in the Book of South African Women (2008)
- Regularly featured among the Top 30 UKZN researchers as well as a Prolific Researcher
- Winner of the 2006 UKZN Book Prize award in the category “best edited book.”
- Recipient of many scholarships and merit-based student awards
- Her more than a decade-long journey researching on feminism and faith, and the intersections between them in a post-apartheid public higher education context has taken her down many research paths. Her primary research interest is in gender-based violence in its broadest sense, from physical and sexual violence to epistemic violence. More especially her research (and teaching) focuses on understanding and critiquing the relationship between religious and cultural systems and gender-based violence. She has researched and published widely in this field, focusing on feminist biblical hermeneutics, HIV&AIDS; masculinity and sexuality. She also has a special interest in studying and developing theories of feminism in Africa, and more recently she has developed an interest in gender and higher education research. This has been inspired by a funded Masters programme called Gender, Religion and Health at four institutions in Africa. The programme is in its second year of existence having successfully graduated its first cohort of students. Nadar has been the keynote speaker at several international and local conferences and has been a visiting scholar at the Universities of Oslo, Uppsala, Princeton as well as Gurukul Lutheran Theological Institute in Chennai, India. Nadar has co-edited a total of five books; guest edited two accredited journals, and has had 16 chapters published in books nationally and internationally as well as 40 journal articles in national and international journals. She co-edits the DOHET accredited journal, Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa, the only academic journal in Africa which focuses on the interface between gender and religion and she is a member of several accredited international journal editorial boards including Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, based at Harvard University in the Unites States and Women’s Studies International Forum, based at University of Southampton, UK.
- The South African Higher Education landscape has been alive with calls for recontextualisation and Africanisation of the curriculum as democracy loomed in the early 90’s. These calls were made within the context of the Education Development Programme (EDP) by the erstwhile University of Natal. Gerald West notes that “The EDP was designed to enable academic departments across the University to reconstruct their pedagogy in ways that would address and redress the disadvantages encoded into apartheid’s Bantu Education system” (2009:74).
- The erstwhile School of Theology at the University of Natal had embraced this call and had deliberately mainstreamed contextual and liberation theologies into the curriculum through an endeavour called “The Contextualisation of Theological Education Project” in 1991. A decade later, Professor Nadar and Professor Isabel Phiri began to make calls for the “engendering” of this Africanised and contextualised curriculum. The idea was to have a specialised programme in gender but to also mainstream gender into the curriculum in general. They developed courses and templates for a specialised postgraduate programme from Honours to PhD, and they mainstreamed gender into the undergraduate programme. In 2008, Nadar was appointed to a permanent teaching position as the director of this programme called Gender and Religion. Nadar’s teaching has taken place within this predominantly postgraduate context and since her appointment she has successfully graduated 8 PhD students and 13 Masters Students. In 2012, as the Dean of Research, Nadar piloted the Cohort Supervision Workshops (pioneered by Professors Renuka Vithal and Michael Samuel in the erstwhile Faculty of Education) for PhD students in the College of Humanities. Aimed at improving degree completion rates and offering academic support and interdisciplinary richness, the initiative was the first initiative of its kind operating across the College in a trans-disciplinary context. The feedback from the students concurs with what studies on the model have shown and that is that the model produces graduates who become critical thinkers and responsible knowledge producers and researchers. Her teaching and research is grounded within a “knowledge and education for advocacy paradigm,” and she is passionate about contributing to the social development of communities.
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2011 1. Theory and Method (Honours Core Module); 2. Biblical Hermeneutics: Women and Gender (Honours/Masters Elective); African Women’s Theologies (Honours/Masters Elective).
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2010 1. Theory and Method (Honours Core Module); 2. Proposal Writing Module (Masters Core Module); 3. Issues of Masculinity and Gender(Honours/Masters Elective); 4. Critical Tools for Biblical Study (2nd year Literary and Gender Component of Module); 5. History of Christianity (3rd year Gender Component of Module).
- Guest Lecture, School of Education, Discipline of Social Justice Education, UKZN, 2010. Module: “Social Identity and Oppression” Lecture: “Same-sex sexuality and the bible”. Co presented with Prof. Gerald West.
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2009 – 1. African Women’s Theologies (Honours/Masters Elective); 2. Systematic Theology: Political and Economic Ethics: Theological Perspectives (3rd year Teaching Component: Feminist Theologies); 3. Biblical Theology (3rd year Teaching Component: Gender, Bible and HIV&AIDS); 4. Critical Tools for Biblical Study (2nd year Literary and Gender Component of Module); 5. Biblical Hermeneutics: Women and Gender (Honours/Masters Elective); 6. History of Christianity (3rd year Gender Component)
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2008 – 1. Theory and Method (Honours Core Module); 2. Systematic Theology: Political and Economic Ethics: Theological Perspectives (3rd year Teaching Component: Feminist Theologies); 3. Theology in the African Context/Advanced Theology in the African Context (Honours/Masters Core Module); 4. Issues of Masculinity and Gender (Honours/Masters Elective); 5. Gender, Religion and Ethics (3rd year)
- Guest Lecture, School of Social Work and Community Development, UKZN, 2008: Module “Anti-Oppression and Critical Theory.” Lecture: “The Jacob Zuma Rape Trial and the place of religion and culture in gender discourse”
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007 – 1. Theory and Method (Honours Core Module); 2. Gender, Tradition and the Church in Africa (Honours/Masters Core Module); 3. African Women’s Theologies (Honours/Masters Elective); 4. Systematic Theology: Political and Economic Ethics: Theological Perspectives (3rd year Teaching Component: Feminist Theologies); 5. Biblical Hermeneutics: Women and Gender (Honours/Masters Elective Gender, Religion and Ethics (3rd year)
- School of Philosophy and Ethics 2007 – 1. Applied Global Ethics (1st year Hinduism; Gender, Religion and Ethics); 2. The Ethics of Power (2nd year Contemporary Issues in Gender and Ethics); 3. Gender Issues in Religion and Ethics (3rd year)
- Guest lecture: St Joseph’s Theological Institute, Cedara, 2007, Module: “Feminist Theology” Lecture: Feminist Hermeneutics in Africa”
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006 – 1. Theory and Method (Honours Core Module); 2. Gender, Tradition and the Church in Africa (Honours/Masters Core Module); 3. African Women’s Theologies (Honours/Masters Elective); 4. Issues of Masculinity and Gender (Honours/Masters Elective);
- School of Philosophy and Ethics 2006 – 1. Applied Global Ethics (1st year Hinduism; Gender, Religion and Ethics); 2. The Ethics of Power (2nd year Contemporary Issues in Gender and Ethics); 3. Gender Issues in Religion and Ethics (3rd year).
- School of Religion and Theology, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2002 to 2005 – 1. Biblical Studies (1st year An Introduction to The Old Testament); 2. Biblical Studies (2nd year Literary Biblical Analysis: Ruth and Esther); 3. Biblical Studies (3rd year Gender, Bible and HIV&AIDS); 4. Biblical Studies (Honours and Masters Feminist and Womanist Hermeneutics)
- Guest lecture: St Joseph’s Theological Institute, Cedara, 2002, 2003, 2005, Module: “Feminist Theology” Lecture: Feminist Hermeneutics in Africa”
Publications
For a selected list of Publications see: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=XgYLic4AAAAJ&hl=en
Books
- Postcolonial Mission: Power and Partnership in World Christianity. Edited by Desmond van der Water, Isabel Apawo Phiri, Namsoon Kang, Roderick Hewitt and Sarojini Nadar. Upland, CA: Sopher Press, 2010. Co-edited with Desmond van der Water, Isabel Apawo Phiri, Namsoon Kang and Roderick Hewitt.
- Ragbag Theologies: Essays in Honour of Denise M. Ackermann – A Feminist Theologian of Praxis.Edited by Miranda Pillay, Sarojini Nadar and Clint le Bruyns.Stellenbosch: SUN Press, 2009. Co-edited with Miranda Pillay and Clint le Bruyns.
- African Women, Religion, and Health: Essays in Honour of Mercy Amba Oduyoye. Edited by Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, January 2006.
- On Being Church: African Women’s Voices and Visions. Edited by Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar.Geneva: World Council of Churches, 2005.
- Her-stories: Hidden Histories of Women of Faith in Africa. Edited by Isabel Phiri, Devakarsham Betty Govinden and Sarojini Nadar.Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications, 2002.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2013. “Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!—The Son of Woman in the Son of Man as an Embodiment of the Struggle for Justice” In Son of Man: An African Jesus Film, Richard Walsh, Jeffrey L. Staley and Adele Reinhartz (Editors), Sheffield Phoenix Press: Sheffield.
- Sarojini Nadar and Isabel Phiri. 2013. “HIV Research, Gender and Religion Studies” In Handbook of Theological Education in Africa, Isabel Phiri and Dietrich Werner (Editors), 2013, Regnum Books, Oxford: Great Britain. (Equal contribution by both authors), pgs. 632-639.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2012. “Her-Stories and Her-Theologies: Charting Feminist Theologies in Africa.” In The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions, (ed E. K. Bongmba), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, (2012) pgs 269-278. First published as “Her-Stories and Her-Theologies: Charting Feminist Theologies in Africa.” Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae XXXV [Supplement]. December 2009, 135-150 Re-published with permission
- Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. 2012 ‘“Cutting Cultural Corners”: A Case for Ritual Male Circumcision as a Health Asset for HIV Prevention from an African Feminist Perspective’ In Living on the Edge: Essays in Honour of Steve de Gruchy, Activist & Theologian, edited by James R. Cochrane, Elias Bongmba, lsabel Phiri and Des van der Water (2O12). Pgs 111-127,
- Sarojini Nadar. 2010 “Contextuality and Inter-Contextuality in Theological Education: an African Perspective” in Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity: Theological Perspectives–Regional Surveys–Ecumenical trends. Edited by Dietrich Werner, David Esterline, Namsoon Kang, Joshva Raja (eds.), 2010, Regnum Books: Great Britain ;
- Sarojini Nadar. 2010. “The Bible In and For Postcolonial Mission. Postcolonial Mission: Power and Partnership in World Christianity.” edited by Desmond van der Water, Isabel Apawo Phiri, Namsoon Kang, Roderick Hewitt and Sarojini Nadar. Upland, CA: Sopher Press, 2010. First published as “The Bible in and for Mission: A Case Study of the Council for World Mission.” In Missionalia 37/2. 2009, 210-228. Re-published with permission
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009. “Circles of Abundant Life: A Tribute to Denise Ackermann.” In Ragbag Theologies: Essays in Honour of Denise M. Ackermann – A Feminist Theologian of Praxis, edited by Miranda Pillay, Sarojini Nadar and Clint le Bruyns. Stellenbosch: SUN Press, 2009
- Sarojini Nadar. 2008. “Who’s Afraid of Bible-Believing Christians?.” In Lutheran’s Respond to Pentecostalism edited by Karen L. Bloomquist. Minneapolis, MN: Lutheran University Press and Lutheran World Federation, 2008
- Sarojini Nadar and Gary Leonard. 2006. “Indentured Theology: White Souls/Black Skins? Decolonizing Pentecostals within the Indian Diaspora.” In The Growth of Pentecostalism and Spiritualities in a Global Age, edited by Sturla J. Stålsett. London: SCM, 2006, 65-89. (Equal contribution by both authors).
- Sarojini Nadar. 2004. “Texts of Terror-The Conspiracy of Rape in the Bible, Church and Society: The Case of Esther 2:1-18.” In African Women, Religion, and Health: Essays in Honour of Mercy Amba Oduyoye,” edited by Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2006, 77-95. First published as “‘Texts of Terror’ Disguised as the ‘Word of God’: The Case of Esther 2:1-18 and the Conspiracy of Rape in the Bible.” Journal of Constructive Theology 10/2. December 2004, 59-79. Republished with permission
- Sarojini Nadar. 2005. “On Being Church: African Women’s Voices and Visions.” In On Being Church: African Women’s Voices and Visions, edited by Isabel Apawo Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 2005, 16-28.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2003. “Barak God and Die! Women, HIV, and a Theology of Suffering.” In Grant Me Justice! HIV/AIDS and Gender Readings of the Bible, edited by Musa W. Dube and Musimbi Kanyoro. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2004, 60-79. First published as “Re-reading Job in the Midst of Suffering in the HIV/AIDS Era: How Not to Talk of God.” Old Testament Essays 16/2. 2003, 343-357. Republished with permission.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2002. “Journeying in Faith: The Stories of Two Ordained Indian Women in the Anglican and Full Gospel Churches in South Africa.” In Her-stories: Hidden Histories of Women of Faith in Africa, edited by Isabel Apawo Phiri, Devakarshanam Betty Govinden and Sarojini Nadar. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster Publications, 2002, 139-158.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2001. “A South African Indian Womanist Reading of the Character of Ruth.” In Other Ways of Reading: African Women and the Bible, edited by Musa W. Dube. Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature, 2001, 159-175.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2001. “Living in Two Worlds: The Changing Role of South African Indian Women in the Full Gospel Church.” In Reisenberger Azila ed. Women’s Spirituality in the Transformation of South Africa. New York/Munchen/Berlin: Waxmann Munster, 73-82. Also in Journal for the Study of Religion 14/2. 2001, 73-83. Republished with permission.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2000. “Emerging From Muddy Waters.” In Reclaiming our Footprints: South African Women Reflect on Context, Identity and Spirituality, edited by D. M. Ackermann, E. Getman, H. Kotze and J. Tobler. Stellenbosch: EFSA, 2000, 15-32.
Journal Articles
- Sarojini Nadar. 2014. “’Stories are data with Soul’ – lessons from black feminist epistemology.” Agenda: Empowering women for gender equity, 28:1, 18-28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10130950.2014.871838 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10130950.2014.871838#.VGs7XfmSySo
- Sonene Nyawo, Sarojini Nadar and Sarasvathie Reddy. 2013. ‘Sowungumuntfu ke nyalo’ ‘You are now a Real Person’: Reproductive Self-Determination in the Context of Reproductive Health in Swaziland. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa Vol. 19 No. 2. Special Issue (Nov 2013)pgs 105-118
- Elizabeth Getman and Sarojini Nadar. 2013. Natality and Motherism: Embodiment within a Praxis of Spiritual Leadership. Journal for the Study of Religion, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2013 pgs 59-73. http://www.readperiodicals.com/201307/3255522261.html
- Sarojini Nadar. 2013. ‘Politics of reconciliation: re-inscribing the wounded body’, in Concilium, International Journal of Theology (2013/1) pgs. 35-41http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/97243368/politics-reconciliation-re-inscribing-wounded-body
- Mutale Kaunda and Sarojini Nadar. 2012. “Remembering and Resistance: Lenshina Mulenga’s Search for Justice and Peace.” In Ecumenical Review, (Volume 64 Number 3, October 2012), pgs. 346-356 . (Equal contributions by both authors). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1758-6623.2012.00179.x/abstract
- Salvador Macule and Sarojini Nadar. 2012. “Women Oppressing Women: The Cultivation of Esprit de Corps in Xirilo (Women’s Association) of the UCCSA in Mozambique” In Ecumenical Review, (Volume 64 Number 3, October 2012), pgs. 357-365 (Equal contributions by both authors). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/erev.2012.64.issue-3/issuetoc
- Fulata Moyo and Sarojini Nadar. 2012. “Editorial: Gendered Perspectives on the Busan 10th Assembly theme on Justice and Peace.” In Ecumenical Review, (Volume 64 Number 3, October 2012), pgs. 233-240 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1758-6623.2012.00170.x/abstract
- Sarojini Nadar and Isabel Phiri. 2012. “Charting the Paradigm Shifts in HIV Research: The Contribution of Gender and Religion Studies” In Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 28.2 (2012) 121–147 (Equal Contribution by both authors) http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/83715868/charting-paradigm-shifts-hiv-research-contribution-gender-religion-studies
- Jennifer Sistig and Sarojini Nadar. 2011. “Who’s in charge in a genderless Marriage? A feminist and queer analysis of the opposition to same-sex marriage by the Marriage Alliance of South Africa” In the Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa 17.2, 2011 pgs 77-92. http://jgra.co.za/uploads/File/pdfs/journals/JGRA_17.2.pdf
- Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. 2011. “‘The Personal is Political’: Faith and Religion in a Public University.” Acta Theologica Supplementum 14 (Faith, Religion and the Public University). 2011, 81-94, http://swbplus.bszbw.de/bsz343536757inh.pdf;jsessionid=113A0D36144C6E2023EBE152F0696C11?1401642590413
- Sarojini Nadar and Cheryl Potgieter. 2010. “‘Liberated Through Submission?’: The Worthy Woman’s Conference (WWC) as a Case Study of Formenism.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 26/2. 2010, 163-173. http://mwbdvjh.muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_feminist_studies_in_religion/v026/26.2.nadar.html
- Cheryl Potgieter and Sarojini Nadar. 2010. “‘Don’t Touch Me on My Psychology and Religion!’ Feminist Backlash in a Wearable Cloak and Different Voice.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity. 2010, 46-54. http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10413/6338/Potgieter_Cheryl_2011.pdf?sequence=3
- Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. 2010. “Talking Back to Religion and HIV&AIDS Using an African Feminist Missiological Framework: Sketching the Contours of the Conversation.” Journal of Constructive Theology: Gender, Religion and Theology in Africa 16/2. December 2010. http://mwbdvjh.muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_feminist_studies_in_religion/v028/28.2.nadar.html
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009. “Changing the World: The Task of Feminist Biblical Scholars.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 25/2. 2009, 137-143. http://mwbdvjh.muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_feminist_studies_in_religion/v025/25.2.nadar.html
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009.”Palatable Patriarchy and Violence Against Wo/men in South Africa: Angus Buchan’s Mighty Men’s Conference as a Case Study of Masculinism.” Scriptura 102. 2009, 549-559. http://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/614
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009.”‘The Bible Says!’: Feminism, Hermeneutics and Neo-Pentecostal Challenges.” Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 134. July 2009, 131-146.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009.”Sacred Stories as Theological Pedagogy.” Journal of Constructive Theology 14/2 and 15/2. 2009, 9-24
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009.”The Feminist Teacher: Pedagogy of the Oppressed Woman?.” Journal of Constructive Theology 14/2 and 15/2. 2009, 37-56.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009.”Beyond the ‘Ordinary Reader’ and the ‘Invisible Intellectual’: Shifting Contextual Bible Study from Liberation Discourse to Liberation Pedagogy.” Old Testament Essays 22/2. 2009, 384-403.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009.”The Bible in and for Mission: A Case Study of the Council for World Mission.” Missionalia 37/2. 2009, 210-228. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication_article/mission_v38_n1_a3
- Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. 2009″‘Going Through the Fire with Eyes Wide Open’: African Women’s Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge, Patriarchy and Sexuality.” Journal for the Study of Religion 22/2. 2009, 5-22. (Equal Contribution by both authors). http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsr/article/view/50581
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009. “Her-Stories and Her-Theologies: Charting Feminist Theologies in Africa.” Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae XXXV [Supplement]. December 2009, 135-150. http://www.unisa.ac.za/contents/faculties/theology/chssa/docs/abstracts-shexxxv-supplement-03-03-2010.pdf
- Sarojini Nadar. 2009. “Toward a Feminist Missiological Agenda: A Case Study of the Jacob Zuma Rape Trial.” Missionalia 37/1. 2009, 85-102. http://missionalia.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/03miss37-1-toc-and-editorial.pdf
- Sarojini Nadar. 2007. “Contextual Theological Education in Africa and the Challenge of Globalization.” Ecumenical Review 59/2-3. 2007, 235-241. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1758-6623.2007.tb00630.x/abstract
- Isabel Phiri and Sarojini Nadar. 2006. “What’s in a Name? Forging a Theoretical Framework for African Women’s Theologies.” Journal of Constructive Theology 12/2. 2006, 5-23. (Equal Contribution by both authors).
- Sarojini Nadar. 2006. “‘Hermeneutics of Transformation?’ A Critical Exploration of the Model of Social Engagement Between Biblical Scholars and Faith Communities.” Scriptura 93. 2006, 339-351. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/script/script_v93_a5.pdf
- Sarojini Nadar. 2005. “Searching the Dungeons Beneath our Religious Discourses: The Case of Violence Against Women and the ‘Unholy Trinity’.” Agenda: Empowering Women for Gender Equity 66. 2005, 16-22. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10130950.2005.9674641?queryID=%24%7BresultBean.queryID%7D#.VGt2tvmSySo
- Sarojini Nadar. 2005. “Paradigm Shifts in Mission: From an Ethic of Domination to an Ethic of Justice and Love: The Case of 1 Tim. 2: 8-15.” Missionalia 33/2. 2005, 303-314.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2004. “On Being the Pentecostal Church: Pentecostal Women’s Voices and Visions.” The Ecumenical Review 56/3. 2004, 354-367. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1758-6623.2004.tb00521.x/abstract
- Tinyiko Maluleke and Sarojini Nadar. 2004. “Alien Fraudsters in the White Academy: Agency in Gendered Colour.” Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 120. November 2004, 5-17. (Equal Contribution by both Authors)
- Sarojini Nadar. 2004. “On Being Church: African Women’s Voices and Visions.” Journal of Constructive Theology 10/1. July 2004, 1-12.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2004. “‘Texts Of Terror’ Disguised as the ‘Word Of God’: The Case of Esther 2:1-18 and the Conspiracy of Rape in the Bible.” Journal of Constructive Theology 10/2. December 2004, 59-79.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2003. “Re-reading Job in the Midst of Suffering in the HIV/AIDS Era: How Not to Talk of God.” Old Testament Essays 16/2. 2003, 343-357. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication_article/oldtest_v16_n2_a11
- Sarojini Nadar. 2002. “Gender, Power, Sexuality and Suffering Bodies: Re-reading the Characters of Esther and Vashti for Social Transformation.” Old Testament Essays 15/1. 2002, 113-130.
- Tinyiko Maluleke and Sarojini Nadar. 2002. “Breaking the Covenant of Violence against Women.” Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 114. November 2002, 5-17. (Equal Contribution by both Authors)
- Sarojini Nadar. 2001. “Living in Two Worlds: The Changing Role of South African Indian Women in the Full Gospel Church.” Journal for the Study of Religion 14/2. 2001, 73-83. http://www.ajol.info/index.php/jsr/search/authors/view?firstName=Sarojini&middleName=&lastName=Nadar&affiliation=&country
- Sarojini Nadar. 2000. “Subverting Gender and Ethnic Assumptions in Biblical Narrative: Exploring the Narrative Voice of Ruth.” Journal of Constructive Theology 6/2. 2000, 67-84.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2008. “Review Article – Engaging Biblical Authority.” Journal of Biblical Interpretation 1.2008, 375-393
- Sarojini Nadar.2007. “Review Article: What about the Margins? Biblical Scholarship Fifteen Years after Voices From the Margin.” Scriptura 95. 2007, 293-297.
- Sarojini Nadar. 2002.”Review Article – The Bible in Africa: Transactions, Trajectories and Trends.” Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 112. March 2002, 99-104.
Supervision
- Kennedy Owino, “Godly Manhood”: Evangelical Constructions Of Masculinities In A South African Context – A Case Study Of The Mighty Men’s Conference (MMC), – Co-Supervisor with Isabel Phiri, 2014
- Rosinah Gabaitse: “Towards an African Pentecostal feminist biblical hermeneutic of liberation: Interpreting Acts 2:1-47 in the context of Botswana” – Co-supervisor with Jonathan Draper, 2013
- Jenette Louisa Sprong, “For Healing and Transformation” A feminist ecclesiological study on the gap between gender policy and practice in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa (MCSA) – Sole Supervisor, 2012
- Rubeena Partab, “Challenging Masculinities: Critical Feminist Reflections on the relationship between Domestic Violence and Religion.” – Sole Supervisor, 2012
- Cheryl Dibeela, “A Quest for a Liberatory Learning Ethos: (A Case Study of the Women’s Associations in the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa).” – Co-Supervisor with Steve De Gruchy, 2011
- Rose Materu, “Towards Gender-Sensitive Theological Responses To HIV and AIDS: A Critical Study of the HIV And AIDS Policy and Programmes of The Northern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.” – Co-Supervisor with Isabel Apawo Phiri, 2011
- Lydia Mwaniki, “God’s Image or Man’s Glory?: A Kenyan Postcolonial Feminist Reading of 1 Corinthians 11:1-16.” – Co-Supervisor with Jonathan A. Draper, 2011
- Beatrice Dedaa Okyere-Manu, “‘Shattering the Glass Ceiling’: A Critical Feminist Investigation of the Ethical Challenges faced by African Women in Black Economic Empowerment (BEE).” – Co-Supervisor with Felix Munyaradzi Murove, 2011
- Lindiwe Mkasi, “A threat to Zulu patriarchy and the continuation of community: A queer analysis of same sex relationships amongst female traditional healers at Inanda and KwaNgcolosi, KwaZulu-Natal” Co-supervisor with Isabel Phiri, 2014
- Alice Fabian (Cum Laude), “For the Bible tells me so? An explorative study of children’s critical and theological ability to engage with the Bible, using a contextual Bible Study, on the Widow’s Offering in Mark 12 as a case study, Sole Supervisor, 2013
- Mutale Kaunda, “A search for a life-giving marriage: The Imbusa Initiation Rite as a space for constructing wellbeing among married Bemba women of Zambia” Sole Supervisor, 2013
- Salvador Macule “Transforming masculinities into an asset for HIV prevention: A case study of how Mabutho’s (The UCCSA men’s organization) teachings on masculinities can mediate HIV prevention in the UCCSA-Mozambique”, Sole Supervisor, 2013
- Albert Bangirana, “In God’s Image?” Single Women and Vulnerability to HIV.” – Sole Supervisor, 2012
- Jonathan Kangwa, “Gender, HIV and Female Initiation Rites in Zambia.” – Sole Supervisor, 2012
- Ayalkibet Berhanu, “A Gendered Analysis of the HIV&AIDS Policy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church” – Sole Supervisor, 2012
- Jessica Richard, “‘Resisting Bodies’ as a Hermeneutical Tool for a Critical Feminist Christology of Liberation and Transformation.” – Sole Supervisor, 2011
- Bodson Lupyani, “The (Sub)Ordination of Women in the Evangelical Church in Zambia: A Critical Analysis of the Ecclesiological and Hermeneutical Principles Underlying the Refusal of Ordination to Women.” – Sole Supervisor,2010
- Jennifer Sistig, “Who’s in Charge in a Genderless Marriage? A Queer Analysis of the Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage as Articulated by the Marriage Alliance of South Africa.” – Sole Supervisor, 2010.
- Nokokure Gaomas, “The Effects of Biblical and Cultural Patriarchy on the Lives of Married Damara Women in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Namibia (ELCRN).” – Sole Supervisor, 2008
- Virginia Francis, “Prosperity for Whom? Pentecostalism and Social Responsibility.” – Co-Supervisor with Mark Swillig, School of Public Management & Planning, University of Stellenbosch, 2008